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MahaB82A
MahaB82A
June 3, 2025
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Custom color swatches in external file

  • June 3, 2025
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Is it possible to save custom color swatches in external file? If it is lost retrieve. Because some of my custom color swatches are missing.

 

    

Correct answer Monika Gause

You can save your swatches in any Illustrator file.

 

Then when you need them, go to the swatches panel and there Open a library > Other library 

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Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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June 3, 2025

swatches are always document based.

 

So you can save them in external files and you can load them from there. In order to have them in new files by default, the swatches need to be in New document profiles.

MahaB82A
MahaB82AAuthor
June 3, 2025

I mean saving in external folder in Windows explorer.

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
June 3, 2025

You can save your swatches in any Illustrator file.

 

Then when you need them, go to the swatches panel and there Open a library > Other library 

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